About Leslie
Leslie Westbrook is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) practicing in California. She brings five years of clinical experience and focuses on helping people cope with stress, anxiety, trauma, and low self-esteem.
Background and approach
Her style is warm and straightforward. She aims to make therapy feel understandable and doable for everyday life.
Leslie works with trauma and post-traumatic stress by combining practical skills and processing work. She uses evidence-informed approaches such as cognitive behavioral techniques to reshape thinking patterns and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing to address painful memories.
Mindfulness practices are woven into sessions to help with emotion regulation and grounding. Sessions are conversational and focused on real problems.
She offers tools for dealing with guilt, shame, and social anxiety, and supports people working on self-love, forgiveness, and attachment concerns. Coaching elements appear when clients want clear steps and accountability toward specific goals.
Leslie provides therapy by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, which gives clients options to fit sessions into busy schedules. Services are offered in English and to international clients.
Fees vary by location and the practice uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To get started, a prospective client selects the Start Therapy button, completes a short matching questionnaire, and schedules according to therapist availability.
Leslie aims to work collaboratively to choose approaches that match each person’s needs and goals.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. It teaches practical exercises and coping strategies useful for anxiety, depression, and stress.EMDR, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, helps people process traumatic memories and reduce their emotional intensity. Sessions involve guided processing that can be adapted to live video or phone work when appropriate.
Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce overwhelm and improve emotional regulation. These practices pair well with talk work and short homework exercises between sessions.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will discuss your history, goals, and preferences and try different methods to see what fits best. Adjustments are made over time so the plan matches what you need and what feels workable.
Online formats offer practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for deeper processing and demonstrations. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when video is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, and follow-up between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work consistently.
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- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English